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Witness History: The killing of Vincent Chin

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The killing of Vincent Chin

22/06/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The killing of Vincent Chin

In 1982 a Chinese-American man was murdered with a baseball bat by white men in Detroit

In 1982 a young Chinese-American man was murdered by two white men in Detroit. The lenient sentences the perpetrators received sparked an Asian-American civil rights movement.

In June 1982 a young Chinese-American engineer was murdered with a baseball bat by two white men in the US city of Detroit. The lenient sentences the perpetrators received sparked an Asian-American civil rights movement with protests across the US. At the time, America was going through an economic depression and many were blaming Japan which was perceived to be flooding the US with its cars. For Asian-Americans it was a time of fear. Farhana Haider has been speaking to Helen Zia, one of the activists leading the fight for justice. This programme was first broadcast in 2017.

Photo: Helen Zia addressing a 10th anniversary commemoration event New York City, 1992. Credit: Helen Zia.

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